I could write a book about 2nd homes. Who sold the 2nd homes because the locals didn't want to buy them to renovate or do them up? Or bought them, renovated then sold to incomers? Who puts money into the local amenities etc. when we visit sometimes for weeks at a time? Some even buy-to-let then on their own retirment, move into the homes they have put money into.
I wouldn't have found out half the beauty in the UK had it not been for 2nd home owners renting out properties.
'Come home to a real fire. Buy a cottage in Wales'. I was there. Watching it all happening. Derelict properties that the locals didn't want/need.
I lived in a line of cottages with English, Welsh, Dutch and Cornish and we all got on. Really well. We exchanged news, swopped fruits/veg., helped each other with hospital visits etc.. Never a X word ;-)
Then the Government sold off Council houses
